David Bather Woods
@dbatherwoods
associate professor @PhilosWarwick • friendly neighbourhood Schopenhauerian • part time Proustian • writing a book for @UChicagoPress • repped by @Kat_Aitken
It lives! You can now preorder my philosophical biography of Schopenhauer. Out in November. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book…
We tend to think of the present moment as an infinitely small, discrete period of time, but is this incorrect? | iai.tv/articles/time-… @EtheHerring argues that this is a mistake; time is a flow, containing past, present and future all at once.
You can listen to the conversation I had with Maitreyabandhu @LDNBuddhist earlier this month. We chatted about Bergson's life and philosophy (about which I know a lot) and the possible links to Buddhism (about which I know very little). It was really fun! youtube.com/watch?v=wciPaa…
(Continental philosopher): Without 5, we could not count to 6. (Me): Yes. (Continental philosopher): It could be said 6 is consequently in the 5-shadow, the forthcoming of 6 is 5-heralded, that 5 springs necessarily from the recapitulation of 6. (Me, checking my watch): Yes.
Very happy to announce that our paper (with Felipe Morales Carbonell ) on the concept of musical virtuosity is now out in Inquiry! I can't thank enough my coauthor for this other collaboration... to many more to come! doi.org/10.1080/002017…
Philosophical Writing helps students to think clearly and analytically, improve their essay-writing skills, and present their knowledge and thoughts in a precise and coherent manner. Learn more 👉ow.ly/7iVb50WcsEr Read an excerpt 👉ow.ly/rBlh50WcsEq
Conference on "The Philosophy of Right and wrong: Hegel on crime, transgression, and injustice" September 11–13, 2025 • Universität Freiburg #Hegel #germanidealism #HSGB csl.mpg.de/en/hegel
I wrote a blog post for @VersoBooks on writing a social history of analytic philosophy versobooks.com/blogs/news/on-…
Call for Papers. Announcing the AWS 2026 Colloquy. #callforpapers #philosophy #politics #exile #migration #academictwt
As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a feature not a bug.
In Against Identity, philosopher @alexxdouglas explains why the search for identity (exacerbated by modern life) is ultimately meaningless, and how we should discover the freedom to escape the self.
PUBLIC PHILOSOPHY! Ian James Kidd argues there can be pessimism without despair and nihilism. Time to rethink pessimism! @IAI_TV #philosophy #pessimism #despair #nihilism #antinatalism 👍🌍
Modern society prizes hope and activism, treating optimism as a moral ideal and pessimism as a flaw. | iai.tv/articles/dont-… Drawing on Buddhist thought and contemporary philosophy, Ian James Kidd invites us to explore forms of pessimism that resist despair, without collapsing…
A Social History of Analytic Philosophy is now out in the US! penguinrandomhouse.com/books/775580/a…
My first single authored paper....has been published online! It's Open Access! In this piece, I reflect on how musical professionals (highly competent listeners) perceive music looking at cases of employment of auditory perception in musical practices tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
A Social History of Analytic Philosophy is out today! Available from @VersoBooks via the link below, or from your favourite bookseller versobooks.com/en-gb/products…
NEW RELEASE: “ABSOLUTE ETHICAL LIFE. ARISTOTLE, HEGEL AND MARX” (STANFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2025) hegelpd.it/new-release-he… @ForHegel @HegelSocietyGB @hegelsocietyAU @ESHGL @HEGEL250 @NAKantSociety @WarwickPostKant @UKKantSociety @KantStudies @theLPKS @Cpkp_Potsdam @SEKLE_Oficial